Dire Straits – Alchemy Live (2010) Bluray 1080i AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1

The eagerly anticipated release from Dire Straits – Alchemy Live – will be released on June 8th, 2010. Restored to pristine high definition visual clarity, Remixed in PCM Uncompressed Stereo and Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. Available on DVD for the very first time.

Featuring the seminal hits `Sultans Of Swing’ and `Romeo and Juliet’ plus a unique encore performances of the Ivor Novello Award-winning `Going Home’ from the soundtrack to the film `Local Hero’. Demonstrating faultless musicianship, this is a true recording of excerpts of one dire straits performance, containing no re-recording or overdubs of any kind.

The video has been painstakingly restored from the original film by archive restoration specialist and acclaimed live concert director Dick Carruthers (Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney). Audio remixed by Chuck Ainlay, winner of the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album for his surround production on `Brothers In Arms’.

Track listing: 23rd July 1983, Hammersmith Odeon, London 1. Once Upon a Time in the West 2. Expresso Love 3. Romeo & Juliet 4. Private Investigations 5. Sultans of Swing 6. Two Young Lovers 7. Tunnel of Love 8. Telegraph Road 9. Solid Rock 10. Going Home – Theme from ‘Local Hero’

BONUS FEATURES [79 mins] Live TV Performances * Tunnel Of Love [8:53] The Old Grey Whistle Test 29/11/1980 * Sultans of Swing [9:43] The Old Grey Whistle Test 16/05/1978

Documentary BBC Arena: Dire Straits [58 mins] 22/12/1980

“Blu-ray includes the material from DVD in Hi Def and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround, plus the original live album as downloadable MP3 audio files.”

Tracklist:

1. Intro: Saturday Night at the Movies
2. Once upon a Time in the West
3. Expresso Love
4. Romeo and Juliet
5. Private Investigations
6. Sultans of Swing
7. Two Young Lovers
8. Tunnel of Love
9. Telegraph Road
10. Solid Rock
11. Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero

Bonus: Live TV Performances

1. Tunnel of Love
2. Sultans of Swing

DISC INFO:



Disc Title:     DS-A

Disc Size:      42,535,467,827 bytes

Protection:     AACS

BD-Java:        No

BDInfo:         0.5.8



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Length:                 1:30:08.436 (h:m:s.ms)

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Total Bitrate:          37.57 Mbps



VIDEO:



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MPEG-4 AVC Video        22892 kbps          1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1



AUDIO:



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DTS-HD Master Audio             English         8099 kbps       5.1 / 96 kHz / 8099 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)